browseURL                package:base                R Documentation

_L_o_a_d _U_R_L _i_n_t_o _a _W_W_W _B_r_o_w_s_e_r

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Load a given URL into a WWW browser.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     browseURL(url, browser = getOption("browser"))

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

     url: a non-empty character string giving the URL to be loaded.

 browser: a non-empty character string giving the name of the program
          to be used as hypertext browser.  It should be in the PATH,
          or a full path specified. 

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     If 'browser' supports remote control and R knows how to perform
     it, the URL is opened in any already running browser or a new one
     if necessary.  This mechanism currently is available for browsers
     which support the '"-remote openURL(...)"' interface (which
     includes Netscape 4.x, 6.2.x (but not 6.0/1), Opera 5/6 and
     Mozilla >= 0.9.5), Galeon, KDE konqueror (via kfmclient) and the
     GNOME interface to Mozilla.  Netscape 7.0 behaves slightly
     differently, and you will need to open it first.  Note that the
     type of browser is determined from its name, so this mechanism
     will only be used if the browser is installed under its canonical
     name.

     Because '"-remote"' will use any browser displaying on the X
     server (whatever machine it is running on), the remote control
     mechanism is only used if 'DISPLAY' points to the local host. This
     may not allow displaying more than one URL at a time from a remote
     host.

